Robert Mapplethorpe, Signed (40 results)

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Author. Exhibition catalog from 1983 gallery opening. SIGNED and inscribed by Solomon in year of publication. Some bumping and nicking to edges. Artists represented include: Roy Lichtenstein; William Wegman; Andy Warhol; Christo; Laurie Anderson; Robert Mapplethorpe; and more. Installation views and B+W plates. 126 pages. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 2-3 Pounds. Category: Art::Painting, Drawing & Sculpture; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 030953.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Soft cover as new. Both are signed, but obviously not Maplethorpe, as he was not alive at time of production. Miniature soft cover second printing 1998. Tight. Signed by Author(s).

Paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Limited Edition. New York: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation with Random House, 1993. 32 pages; 9 duotone plates plus one tipped-in plate within the text. A commemorative book of the exhibition of self-portraits to celebrate the gift of the Mapplethorpe Foundation to the Guggenheim and to inaugurate the Museum's Robert Mapplethorpe Gallery. A poem, "Reflecting Robert", by Patti Smith and an essay by Germano Celant, who organized the exhibition. Letterpress printed by the Stinehour Press; Limited to 700 copies of which 300 were signed by Patti Smith; this copy is of the unsigned 400. Clean throughout, including the enclosed four-page testimonial letter from Thomas Kerns (Guggenheim) and Michael Ward Stout (Mapplethorpe Foundation). Limited Edition. Stiff Card Boards. Fine/Fine. 12" x 11 1/2". Exhibition Catalogue. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT (photography) (illustrator). 1st Edition. Hardcover - 1st. UK Print - NEW/NEW - Signed by Patti Smith on ffep - In Just Kids, Patti Smith's first book of prose, the legendary American artist offers a never-before-seen glimpse of her remarkable relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe in the epochal days of New York City and the Chelsea Hotel in the late sixties and seventies. An honest and moving story of youth and friendship, Smith brings the same unique, lyrical quality to Just Kids as she has to the rest of her formidable body of work?from her influential 1975 album Horses to her visual art and poetry. Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Autographed by both Mapplethorpe and Lisa Lyon. No marks in text. No inscriptions etc. Minor scratches to dust jacket, front and rear. Not a library book. Ships today in a cardboard enclosure. Tim's Used Books, open shop in Provincetown, Massachusetts, providing good books at reasonable prices on the same spot since 1991. shelf LL/lower right. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. signed first edition, 1983. signed by both mapplethorpe and lyon. foreword by sam wagstaff with text by bruce chatwin. new york: the viking press. isbn: 0-670-43013-7. 9 x 11 inches. 128 pages. softcover. bound in pictorial paper wrappers. book condition: considerable bumping and creasing to corners. toning to extremities of front and rear panels of wrapper. very good--. from the library of brad holland.

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. First Edition. ***** This is the true first edition, first printing. ***** This book is SIGNED by the photographer (Robert Mapplethorpe) on the title page. Mr. Mapplethorpe did not inscribe this book to anyone; it is just signed by him. ***** Signed examples of this title are rare. ***** Nice oversized softcover (as issued; no hardcover edition was published). ***** There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. CONDITION: This book is in FINE condition. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation. ***** Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. A Season in Hell, by Arthur Rimbaud, Signed, Limited Editions Club, Robert Mapplethorpe RIMBAUD, Arthur. [MAPPLETHORPE, ROBERT, Photographer]. A Season In Hell. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1986. Limited Edition, one of 1000 numbered copies, signed in full by Mapplethorpe and Schmidt, this copy being number 463. Translated by Paul Schmidt. Frontisoiece and duotone photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe. 87pp. Tall 8vo, bound in full crimson morocco, cloth slipcase. New York: The Limited Editions Club, (1986). A very good copy. Illustrator: Mapplethorpe, Robert Binding: Hardcover Condition: very good. Edition: Limited RO. Signed by Illustrator(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. ***** This is the true first edition, first printing (with "First Edition" and "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" stated on the copyright page). ***** This book is SIGNED by the photographer (Robert Mapplethorpe) on the second page. Mr. Mapplethorpe did not inscribe this book to anyone; it is just signed by him. ***** Signed examples of this title are very rare. ***** Very nice hardcover with dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($40.00). CONDITION: Both the book and dust jacket are in very nice NEAR FINE condition. ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation. Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982). Signed by Author(s).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. SIGNED by Mapplethorpe on half title page and INSCRIBED "For Nicholas". First edition. Hardbound in dust jacket. Jacket shows only some minor wear, otherwise very good. [Heavy - Please contact foe overseas shipping quote]. Signed by Author(s).

First Edition. First edition and first printing. Softcover. Features a foreword by Sam Wagstaff along with text by Bruce Chatwin. A collection of black and white photographs of bodybuilder and model Lisa Lyon. A clean and tight near fine copy in a wrappers with some very minute wear. Internally a very clean copy. Signed by both Mapplethorpe and Lisa Lyon on the half title page. A very nice copy of one of Mapplethorpe's most iconic books. Signed.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Signed by Lyon and Mapplethorpe. Looks like a little sunning along edges. Signed by Author(s).

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First edition. Hardcover. First printing. Foreword by Sam Wagstaff and with text by Bruce Chatwin. A collection of beautiful black and white photographs of bodybuilder and model Lisa Lyon. A very near fine copy in a very near fine dust jacket. Signed by both Mapplethorpe and Lisa Lyon on the half title page. A lovely copy of the much less common cloth issue of one of Mapplethorpe's best books that is very uncommon signed. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Text by Bruce Chatwin. Black and white photographs throughout. First edition. SIGNED by Robert Mapplethorpe on the half-title page. Fine in a very near fine, price clipped dust jacket. ; 128 pages.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Some light rubbing bottom edge, fine in fine dust jacket inmylar cover. Signed and dated by Mapplethorpe on half-title page.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First edition. First printing of arguably Mapplethorpe's most defining and controversial book - inscribed by Mapplethorpe to the most photographed model in the collection, Ken Moody. Based on his 1986 solo exhibition "Black Males," Mapplethorpe's BLACK BOOK, a collection of 96 stylized erotic nudes of Black men, was almost immediately divisive - equally praised for its technical beauty (which included platinum prints richly executed on watercolor paper) and criticized as exploitive, objectifying, and othering. As such, this inscription and association is especially significant. Because Moody - a fitness instructor at the gay-owned gym where Mapplethorpe was a member - was not a passive or uncritical subject. Familiar and uncomfortable with many of the photographer's earlier black male nudes (perhaps especially Mapplethorpe's notorious "Man in Polyester Suit"), Moody was careful to set the terms (including no full-frontal nudity) of what became essentially a years-long collaboration. The results were that Moody was not only the most photographed subject in this collection (indeed the book culminates in his images), but reportedly the most photographed model in Mapplethorpe's entire oeuvre. A major association of an important work. 11.25'' x 11'. Original full black cloth. In original unclipped ($40.00) photographic dust jacket. 96 pages. With an introduction by Ntozake Shange. Inscribed by Mapplethorpe on front free endpaper: "For Ken - / one of my favorite models - / Thank you, Robert Mapplethorpe / '87." Some mild shelfwear to bottom edge of cloth. Single small closed tear to lower front panel of jacket; faint rubbing overall. Else clean and bright. Near fine in a near fine jacket. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. ***** This is the true first edition, first printing (with "First Edition" and "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1" stated on the copyright page). ***** This book is SIGNED by the photographer (Robert Mapplethorpe) on the second page. Mr. Mapplethorpe did not inscribe this book to anyone; it is just signed by him. ***** Signed examples of this title are very rare. ***** Very nice hardcover with dust jacket. There is NO writing, NO bookplates, and NO remainder marks. It is NOT a book club edition and NOT a former library book. The dust jacket is NOT price-clipped ($40.00). CONDITION: Both the book and dust jacket are in very nice FINE condition. ***** We include new mylar (clear) dust jacket protectors with all books at no charge. ***** OUR GUARANTEE TO YOU: All books are guaranteed to be as described. We believe that no sale is complete until you are happy. Any book is returnable for a full refund (including postage) if you're not 100% satisfied. All books are packaged very carefully and shipped via USPS Mail with Delivery Confirmation. Thank you! Richard Vick, Modern First Editions (Buying and Selling Modern First Editions since 1982). Signed by Author(s).

Wrappers. Condition: Very Good. Robert Mapplethorpe (cover photo) (illustrator). First Edition. Signed by Author(s).

Oversized Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. (1995). 4to. 1st edition. SIGNED by White on t.p. Minor bumping to fore corners, joint ends, and spine ends of covers and d.j. Light creasing to spine tail of covers. Faint toning to spine and joints of d.j. verso and top, bottom edges of textblock, and margins of front slipcase panel. Faint rippling to d.j. verso. Slight scraping to fore corners and joint ends of slightly rubbed and mildly scratched d.j. Minor offsetting along top and bottom edges of slipcase. Slight peeling and rubbing to laminate of corners, along joint of slipcase, and center of front panel. Slight scratching to center of front slipcase panel. VG/VG in VG slipcase. Author.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Mapplethorpe, Robert (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. Illustrated with black-and-white photos by Robert Mapplethorpe. First paperback edition, first printing. Signed by Smith on half-title page. Publisher's tan wrappers, with front wrapper design by Chris Welch, photo of Smith attributed to Annie Leibovitz to rear wrapper, lettered in black, and ruled in red. Near fine, with some slight bowing to edges of wrappers, and a hint of toning to wrapper edges. Overall, an attractive copy of this elegiac work. The Coral Sea is Patti Smith's poetic processing of the death of her close friend and lover Robert Mapplethorpe. In linked prose pieces, she writes of a dying artist traveling to see the Southern Cross. Smith and Mapplethorpe's relationship was at the center of Smith's National Book Award-winning memoir, Just Kids (2010). In Smith's "To the Reader" section at the beginning of The Coral Sea, she writes, "When [Robert] passed away I could not weep so I wrote. Then I took the pages and set them away. Here are those pages, my farewell to my friend, my adventure, my unfettered joy.". Signed by Author.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4to. [3]pp. Essay by Wagstaff followed by 59 full-page b/w photographs. White photo-illustrated wrappers. A bright, fresh copy with sharp corners. Inscribed by Mapplethorpe on the front free endpaper: "For MC '79 '82 / [signed] Robert Mapplethorpe" An exhibition catalog from Mapplethorpe's first public European show. Now housed in a removable, clear archival jacket.

Condition: Very Good. Near Fine slipcase with a sunned backstrip Quarto (7-1/2" x 11-1/2") handsewn and handbound in full crimson Oasis goatskin leather stamped in black. The original French with the acclaimed English translation by Paul Schmidt on facing pages. Copy #794 of 1000 numbered copies illustrated with 8 hand-pulled dust-grain photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe printed in two colors on handmade paper and SIGNED by the photographer and the translator. "Of the arresting photographs used to illustrate the book, several of the images rank among the photographer's most famous". Record # 363310.

MAPPLETHORPE, Robert; SCHMIDT, Paul (illustrator). MAPPLETHORPE, Robert. SCHMIDT, Paul, [translator]. A Season In Hell [LEC]. Translated by Paul Schmidt. With photgravures by Robert Mapplethorpe. New York: Limited Editions Club, inc., 1986. Full Description: RIMBAUD, Arthur. [MAPPLETHORPE, Robert]. [SCHMIDT, Paul, translator]. A Season In Hell. Translated by Paul Schmidt. With photgravures by Robert Mapplethorpe. New York: Limited Editions Club, 1986. Limited edition of 1,000 copies signed by translator Paul Schmidt and photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, this being number 10. Quarto (11 1/4 x 7 5/8 inches; 287 x 192 mm). Parallel text in French and English. With seven photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe, each with a protective tissue guard. With the prospectus laid in. Full red morocco. Front board and spine lettered in black. Previous owner's blind ownership stamp on front free endpaper. In a black cloth slipcase. A fine copy. "In A Season In Hell Rimbaud identifies Selfless Love as the ideal solution. To be absolutely modern is to remake life, to re-invent love. It is Rimbaud who pays the price for not following the path he lights, for not fulfilling his reason for rebellion. The romantic movement which preceded him also died the death of indulgence. Rimbaud in his own poetry worked his way through the crushing influences of that romanticism, pre-eminently Hugo, Musset and Baudelaire. And in passing beyond them, brought poetry into the Twentieth Century." (from the prospectus) HBS 69371. $1,500. Signed.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. A truly lovely copy of the first edition in dust jacket. Signed by Robert Mapplethorpe and his subject, Lisa Lyon. Laid in is a belly band stating "Personally Autographed for You From B. Dalton" Foreword by Sam Wagstaff and with text by Bruce Chatwin. Inscribed By the Photographer. Book.

Full Leather. Condition: As New. Robert Mapplethorpe (illustrator). One of 50 presentation copies out of series signed by Mapplethorpe and the translator Paul Schmidt. Total edition of 1,000 copies printed at Wild Carrot Letterpress in Hadley, Massachusetts. The text has been set in 14 point Monotype Perpetua at Out of Sorts Letterfoundry. The photogravure plates were made by Jon Goodman. The paper used for the text is a mould-made letterpress sheet. The photogravures were printed on a hand-made etching paper, with both papers made at Cartiere Enrico Magnani. The book was bound by and the slipcase was made at the Jovonis Bookbindery. A pristine collector's copy in the publisher's lined slipcase. Book.

First edition. First edition. Signed by Lisa Lyon and Robert Mapplethorpe on the half title page. Original black cloth, 128 pp., illustrated. As new, unread copy in dust jacket.

First edition. First edition. Signed by Lisa Lyon and Robert Mapplethorpe on the half title page. Pictorial stiff wrappers, 128 pp., illustrated. As new, unread copy in protective transparent polyester dust jacket.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Bilingual text: French and English. Translated by Paul Schmidt. Illustrated with eight photogravures by Robert Mapplethorpe. Fully bound in red Morocco leather with black lettering. This copy is number 289 of a limited edition of 1,000 copies. SIGNED by the photographe r and translator. Publisher's Monthly Letter laid in. A bit of trace foxing on top edge of the text block, else fine in a near fine slipcase.; 87 pages B00IX45PPA.

hardcover. Condition: fine. Dust Jacket Condition: near fine. Mapplethorpe, Robert (illustrator). First. Foreword by Sam Wagstaff and text by Bruce Chatwin. Illustrated throughout with numerous full- page black and white photographs of bodybuilder/dancer/actress Lisa Lyon. 128pp. Thin 4to, black boards, d.w. New York: Viking Press Studio Book, (1983). First Edition. A fine copy in near fine dust wrapper. Very scarce hardcover edition. This copy is inscribed, dated and signed in full by Mapplethorple to noted theater critic John Simon.

First Edition. One of 100 numbered copies signed by the author, this being copy no.82. Slim octavo (21.5cm); offset printed sheets, hand-sewn into pictorial card wrappers; [20]pp. Trivial wear to corner tips, with a few pinpoint rubbed spots to spine ends, else very Near Fine. Housed in a custom half-morocco clamshell case.A well-preserved copy of one of Smith's earliest works one of three chapbooks published the same year that Seventh Heaven, her first full-length book, was published by Telegraph Books. This collection of poems was published by the Philadelphia-based bookshop Middle Earth Books, founded in 1969 and owned by Samuel and Sims Amico. Their shop, located at 1134 Pine Street, was a hub for the underground literary and arts scene, hosting readings as well as embarking on a publishing venture. In a 1995 interview, when A.D. Amorosi asked Smith about the significance of Middle Earth Books, she replied: "If it wasn't my first reading, it was the first out-of-town thing because I was living in New York at the time, which made it very exciting. Like a first job.I was 22 and Robert Mapplethorpe and I were living together.in the Chelsea Hotel and he took the Polaroid for the cover. Didn't make any money (laughs) but just the thrill of seeing one's work, that someone thought it worthy of printing." (Sly, Margery. Blog post: "Patti Smith at Middle Earth Books." March 31, 2022). The most elusive and desirable of Smith's early books, uncommon in commerce. OCLC notes 10 holdings. Provenance: While not explicitely marked as such, this copy came from the collection of Tom Verlaine.